Electronic Teaching Portfolio Book Three
Unit Four: Sports
Part I Get Started
Section A Discussion
▇ Work in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions. 1. What’s your favorite sport? Why do you like it?
2. Which Olympic champion(s) has / have impressed you the most? Why? 3. Why are the Olympic Games so popular all over the world?
▇ Answers for reference: 1. A sample answer:
I am fond of swimming, which benefits me a lot. It keeps me fit, physically flexible and strong as well. It also builds up my endurance and persistence. I’m a member of our school’s swimming team. Participation in swimming contests has made me both competitive and cooperative. Meanwhile, I have made friends with many other swimmers. 2. A sample answer:
Liu Xiang impressed me most. He was the gold medalist of the men’s 110-meter hurdles in the Olympic Games in Athens, 2004. It was the first gold medal won by a man of yellow skin in the short distance race in the history of the Olympics. 3. A sample answer:
a. The Olympic Games offers excellent sportsmen worldwide a big arena in which to demonstrate their talent in athletic performance. It also provides people with an opportunity to enjoy the performances and witness the thrilling moments of record-breaking in history. b. The competition for the medals in every event is fierce and breathtaking, but it is carried out under the rules of fair play. The Olympics is also an occasion to uphold the human ideals of equality, cooperation and peace.
c. The Olympic motto ―Swifter, Higher and Stronger‖ inspires both athletes and common folks alike to outperform themselves so as to fulfill their dreams.
Section B Quotes
▇ Study the followi